Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

The Supreme Court’s recent decision regarding a young woman who was denied a job at Abercrombie & Fitch after she came to a job interview wearing a head scarf provides some important lessons for corporate legal departments.

In a case that could set an important precedent for the treatment of transgender employees and the military, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ruled on April 1 that the Department of the Army violated the federal sex discrimination law Title VII when it discriminated against transgender employee Tamara Lusardi.

The Supreme Court has just heard oral arguments in a case over a teenager who was denied a sales job at Abercrombie & Fitch after she came in wearing a head scarf, formally known as a hijab, for an employment interview.